[Bug classpath/111586] java.lang.ProcessBuilder does not search PATH

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https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=111586

Andrew John Hughes <gnu_andrew at member dot fsf.org> changed:

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--- Comment #5 from Andrew John Hughes <gnu_andrew at member dot fsf.org> ---
First of all, thanks for your continued use of GNU Classpath and the bug
reports. Even if I've not had chance to comment on all of them, or commit
fixes, I am aware of them and grateful for the level of detail they go into.

The project is not officially dead and I also have my own changes I'd like to
find time to finally push. But I guess it is on life support. Pretty much
everyone who did work on GNU Classpath 15 years ago has moved on, many to the
OpenJDK project which pretty much replaced our efforts by releasing the Sun
implementation as open source.

While GNU Classpath still has some use as a lightweight implementation of Java
up to 5 or 6, it is way behind the current Java specification which just
reached 21 earlier this month. It is thus unlikely it would ever run Java
programs that make use of newer features.

I am interested as to your motivation for continuing to use GNU Classpath +
JamVM (which I'm not sure is maintained any more either). Is there a reason you
haven't switched to OpenJDK?

I'd be happy to look at trying to finally get some of these changes in, though
it will have to be in November, as the next month or so are set to be very busy
with the next OpenJDK security update. Most of my own time is now taken up with
maintenance work on OpenJDK for Red Hat.